gwiniad

Gwiniad

Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[i^]n"[i^]*[a^]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly. [Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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